Freshwater Benthic Services, Inc.

Services Offered

Freshwater Benthic Services, Inc. offers taxonomic identification of benthic macroinvertebrates from streams, rivers, ponds, lakes, and wetlands. Major groups for which taxonomic services are offered include:

• Annelida: Oligochaeta; Naididae (Naidinae and Tubificinae) (worms), Hirudinea (leeches)
• Crustacea: Isopoda, Amphipoda, Decapoda (crayfish)
• Hydracarina: (water mites)
• Insecta: Ephemeroptera (mayflies), Plecoptera (stoneflies), Odonata (dragonflies), Hemiptera (true bugs), Megaloptera, Trichoptera (caddisflies), Coleoptera (beetles), Chironomidae (non-biting midges), Simuliidae (blackflies), and miscellaneous other Diptera families
• Mollusca: Gastropoda (snails) and Pelecypoda (clams). No services offered for Unionidae.

Construction of reference/vouchure collections offered.

Sorting of invertebrates from sample debris is also offered on a limited basis.